The Inspiration Seekers is a blog founded by sisters-in-law Charlene Panutat-Carlos and Leona Laviña-Panutat as a creative outlet for all things that promote inspired living. The partners share their favorite discoveries and current obsessions through light and informative posts that marry the aspirational with the attainable.

Monthly Archives: October 2013

We first met Ria and darling Amelia during the store opening of L’Indochine. They were one of our first and also our last customers of the day! Ria spotted our pumpkin pouffe at the window and kept on coming back to look at it. Right before closing, they decided to bring it home– home being San Francisco!!

Here’s a brief background on Ria, we’re pretty sure you’ll love her as much as we do after reading this:

Ria Faust is the woman behind Sugarcane– a line of toddler clothes woven on antique looms designed for mini globetrotters. Her collection is in partnership with Anthill Fabric Gallery which is promotes indigenous textiles from the Philippines.

A dress from Sugarcane’s Spring/Summer 2014 Collection

She’s also the author of Sugarcane Life blog, a curated account of creative projects, travel and adventures with a toddler. There you’ll find Amelia’s globetrotting photos, their travel finds and flashbacks to the cutest hallooween costume ever! Be warned– you will spend HOURS reading her blog!

On one such occasion (blog reading) We stumbled across her post about Amelia’s room. We seriously swooned!! It is such a fun, well-edited, lovingly decorated space! Items bought from travels all over pepper her bright happy room. Artwork from cousins, quilts made by family and a mad mix of prints, patterns and textures all come together to form a room that delights and inspires.

cutie pie Amelia in her pumpkin pouffe from L’Indochine

Welcome to the wonderful world of Amelia!

An overview of her little girl’s room.

Handmade quilt by Amelia’s Auntie Remi, Bear from uncle Roy, silk elephant from L’Indochine, Lion from Auntie Julie, bedding from Serena&Lily, Table lamp and rug from The Land of Nod.

Dolls from Bali, Kyoto, Los Cabos and Cebu.

Our favorite piece.. Pumpkin pouffe from L’Indochine! (Hahaha!)

Isn’t it just the sweetest? We’re such big fans! To see more of Amelia’s awesome room and to know more about Sugarcane click here.

We’ve been crazy about Kantha Quilts for awhile now. Aside from their lush colors and intricate embroidery, we love that they have such a rich history behind them. Originally, Kantha quilts were made out of old saris, dhotis and kurtas. The women of Bengal would repurpose these old items by removing their threads, piling them on top of each other and sewing them together to make thick and warm quilts. Nowadays, new fabric is used but the techniques are still the same. Each piece is painstakingly sewn by hand making them extra special!

We’ve rounded up a few of our favorite kantha quilt decorated spaces! Enjoy!

A little girl’s room gets a jolt of color thanks to the pretty fuchsia quilt.